Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family, Apple
New iPod shuffle: world's smallest digital music playback device
Apple has taken something small and made it even smaller. That's right the iPod shuffle is now half the size of its predecessor and only takes up 1 cubic inch in volume. This half ounce wonder pack 1GB of storage, is made of aluminum (Steve's favorite metal?) and will last for 12 hours on one charge.
This start shipping in October.
The Shuffle no longer just pops into any old USB port, you need to use the included dock to sync which is kind of a bummer.
All of this for $79? Ok, it isn't that much of a bummer.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Aron T said 3:01PM on 9-12-2006
Now you definitely have to pay attention to the non-eating warnings.
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svolix said 2:58PM on 9-12-2006
Shuffle, not shuffe ;)
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Tim said 2:59PM on 9-12-2006
I would love it if the shuffle would work with the new nike+ipod kits!
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Adam Singer said 3:09PM on 9-12-2006
Just bought one! Too bad they're not shipping until October though.
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Matthew said 3:10PM on 9-12-2006
Apple hata's: this might end up as the sleeper hit from today's keynote.
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Billy K said 3:16PM on 9-12-2006
This is really slick. I have no use for one, but I just know I'll be buying it anyway. It is kind of a drag that it doesn't double as a flash drive. I quit using my shuffle for music long ago, but it's still quite handy as a flash drive.
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hedjohan said 3:28PM on 9-12-2006
Just bought one!
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chew said 3:23PM on 9-12-2006
very cool
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one1step1 said 3:20PM on 9-12-2006
These would look great in the multiple colors.
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3xa said 3:22PM on 9-12-2006
the shuffle definitely is my all time favorite (oh, ipod mini too). you can keep it in your pocket and operate the controls from without. since i got my shuffle i barely ever use my 20GB. i'm buying the new one.
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Marco F. said 3:25PM on 9-12-2006
purchased!
I love my old shuffle, this one is even better (no more annoying lanyard)
my wife has a nano.. prefer the new ones though... hmm, tempting..
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Gandhi said 3:27PM on 9-12-2006
Can anyone confirm one way or another whether you can use the shuffle as a flash drive or not? I tried looking on the Apple web site but there was no info.
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Ken said 3:36PM on 9-12-2006
I thought the major advantage of the iPod shuffle was that it doubles as a usb drive, and can be filled/charged without cables.
:-(
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Dave Barnes said 3:37PM on 9-12-2006
The next version of the Shuttle is shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPkwwuCsTKU
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Eystein said 3:49PM on 9-12-2006
Someone's gonna make a ring accessory to wear it on/with in
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now!
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Per E said 3:42PM on 9-12-2006
Yay, Apple is making us buy shuffles, then lose them in our messy rooms, then buy a new one. Brilliant!
It looks nice.
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Rob said 3:52PM on 9-12-2006
*yawn* it all a remake of the same old same old. Nanos with colours? Been there. Bigger storage space: expected. Games? Trivial. and the ipod shuffle is just the same thing that looks different and different is better. Until Steve ALLOWS us to have the video ipod obviously everyone wants, he's just playing with our wallets. I still haven't bought an iPod because I don't buy what isn't 1) what I want and 2) isn't what it could be. Touchscreens and bluetooth and four inch screens and lets-get-rid-of-all-the-gizmos-and-put-it-all-into-one-device-kind-of-thinking is thinking different and is techonologically possible. Sadly Steve is only catering to one consumer type, those under 25. Sure I want all the media stuff he is currently giving, but as a 30 year old, I also want and need some other stuff too, and small screens and no quickly Apple-smart integration with other aspects of my life just makes the iPod another thing to make me carry around. Sorry Steve, you're just reinventing what you've already done. That sounds to me like: Thinking Same.
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Mike said 3:47PM on 9-12-2006
Isn't this the iPod Pico from the SNL skit?
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Henry Casey said 3:51PM on 9-12-2006
I have just started working out again, and this little wonder seems like the perfect idea. I make a playlist of all workout music and just have the shuffle sync with that list. It clips onto whatever ratty shirt I bought in college that I'll wear on my run. Perfect.
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F. said 4:12PM on 9-12-2006
Aw! It's a fake!
Been looking at the photographs on Apple's website, and all I kept thinking was My God! If these pics were ever included in a "rumor", we would all say "fake"!
The earbuds changed on the nano, but not on the shuffle, the gradients are not always good looking, and the screens are simulated (which is said to be a hint of a fake...?)...It's an obvious Photoshop!!!
(just kidding.)
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